'No good reason' why RU486 still restricted in Australia, researchers say


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The paper found that after a controversial political history, mifepristone was finally approved for Australia in 2012 by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, but with a host of strict conditions on its use.


Those conditions, its political history and identity as a “special drug” mean stigma remains around its use and publicity in Australia, the researchers found.


“There may have been some justification for all these requirements in 2012, when the drug was (fairly) new in Australian practice,” Professor de Costa and colleagues wrote.


“It has now been licensed for more than six years and over 100,000 medical abortions have been performed using it.”


The researchers said there was “no good reason” why mifepristone remains a special drug, warning its restriction contributed to the ongoing stigma around abortion and women who decide to terminate a pregnancy.


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